There are 10 ways to get from Nice to Budva by plane, train, bus, taxi, ferry, car ferry, car, shuttle, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Tivat Airport
best- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Tivat Airport (TIV)plane NCE - TIV
7h 29m€162–343Fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
cheapest- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane NCE - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana Airport to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
11h 8m€70–313Train, bus, taxi
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Milano Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Trieste Centraletrain Fr
- Take the bus from Trieste Centrale to Kranj, Avtobusna Postaja Kranjbus
- Take the bus from Kranj, Avtobusna Postaja Kranj to Zenica, Glavna Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Zenica, Glavna Autobuska Stanica to Herceg Novi, Jova Bijelića 1bus
- Take the taxi from Herceg Novi, Jova Bijelića 1 to Budvataxi
24h 50m€315–623Train, ferry, car ferry
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Milano Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centraletrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Bari to Dubrovnikferry 54
- Take the carferry from Dubrovnik to Budvacarferry
26h 19mDrive 1,421.7 km
- Drive from Nice to Budvacar 1,421.7 km
16h 21m€228–329Fly to Podgorica Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Podgorica Airport (TGD)plane NCE - TGD
- Take a shuttle bus from Podgorica Airport to Bečići
7h 54m€177–383Fly to Dubrovnik Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Dubrovnik Airport (DBV)plane NCE - DBV
- Take the carferry from Dubrovnik to Budvacarferry
10h 51mTrain, ferry, car ferry via Rome
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bari Centraletrain Fr / ...
- Take the ferry from Bari to Dubrovnikferry 54
- Take the carferry from Dubrovnik to Budvacarferry
27h 30mBus
- Take the bus from Nice Airport to Zagrebbus
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Slavonski Brod bus stationbus 884 / ...
- Take the bus from Slavonski Brod, Autobusni Kolodvor to Željeznička stanica Barbus
28h 9mBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Ventimiglia to Durrësbusferry
- Take the bus from Durrës to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
39h 30m
Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Tivat Airport (TIV) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nice to Budva is to fly and bus which costs €70 - €320 and takes 11h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Nice to Budva is to fly which takes 7h 29m and costs €160 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Nice to Budva. However, there are services departing from Jardin d'Arménie and arriving at Budva, Autobuska Stanica via Nice Airport, Zagreb, Slavonski Brod, Autobusni Kolodvor and Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 9m.
The distance between Nice and Budva is 974 km. The road distance is 1421.7 km.
The best way to get from Nice to Budva without a car is to train and bus and taxi which takes 24h 50m and costs €310 - €650.
It takes approximately 7h 29m to get from Nice to Budva, including transfers.
Nice to Budva bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Nice Airport station.
The best way to get from Nice to Budva is to fly which takes 7h 29m and costs €160 - €350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 28h 9m.
Nice to Budva bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.
Yes, the driving distance between Nice to Budva is 1422 km. It takes approximately 16h 21m to drive from Nice to Budva.
What companies run services between Nice, France and Budva, Montenegro?
Lufthansa, Air Serbia, and two other airlines fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Tivat Airport (TIV) 5 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Jardin d'Arménie to Budva, Autobuska Stanica via Aéroport / Promenade, Nice Airport, Zagreb, Slavonski Brod, Autobusni Kolodvor, Željeznička stanica Bar, and Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar in around 28h 9m.
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Tivat Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Podgorica Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Tivat Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Podgorica Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Tivat Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–470
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Tivat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Podgorica Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- interjet.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Podgorica Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Podgorica Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–220
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Podgorica Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ventimiglia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ventimiglia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ventimiglia to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ventimiglia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ventimiglia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste Centrale to Kranj, Avtobusna Postaja Kranj
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30–240
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €30
- Private
- €125
- Phone
- +387 35 630-532
- info@halilovicbus.ba
- Website
- halilovicbus.ba
Bus from Kranj, Avtobusna Postaja Kranj to Zenica, Glavna Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +38732691375
- info@bosnaexpres.ba
- Website
- bosnaexpres.com
Bus from Zenica, Glavna Autobuska Stanica to Herceg Novi, Jova Bijelića 1
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €31
- Schedules at
- bosnaexpres.com
- Phone
- +382 69 737 787
- support@gomontenegro.me
- Website
- gomontenegro.me
Shuttle from Podgorica Airport to Bečići
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Schedules at
- gomontenegro.me
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana Airport to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nice Airport to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb to Slavonski Brod bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +387 65 407 734
- stpturizam@gmail.com
Bus from Slavonski Brod, Autobusni Kolodvor to Željeznička stanica Bar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Ventimiglia to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Durrës to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Bari to Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Bari to Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Jadrolinija
- Phone
- +385 52 451 200
- db.ferry@kompas-travel.com
- Website
- Adriatic Lines
Car ferry from Dubrovnik to Budva
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Adriatic Lines
Car ferry from Dubrovnik to Budva
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Adriatic Lines
Car ferry from Dubrovnik to Budva
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Adriatic Lines
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Estimated price
- €120–150
AS Taxi
- Phone
- +382 069 042 474
- Website
- call-taxi.com
Maestro Taxi
- Phone
- +382 69 019 530
- Website
- maestrotaxi.me
Taxi More
- Phone
- +382 67 01 9730
- Website
- taximore.com
VIP Taxi
- Phone
- +382 69 040 739
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